[webkit-help] Howto Calculate x, y points for GraphicsContext::drawFocusRing()

[Vivek Satpute]

Hi Zaheer,

On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 10:38 AM, zaheer ahmad <zaheer.mot at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 5:44 PM, Vivek Satpute <vivekonline86 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I started GtkLauncher program and it has loaded a webpage which have many
>> links to other webpages. If I click on any link, then webkit calls
>> RenderInline::addFocusRingRects() function before calling
>> GraphicsContext::drawFocusRing().
>>
>> If I am not making any mistake, RenderInline::addFocusRingRects()
>> functions decides the
>> (rect_x, rect_y, width, height) parameters to draw a dotted rectangle
>> around the link.
>>
>> My question is, If I have link "News" on webpage. So, if I click on
>> character i.e. N, e, w or s
>> of link "News", my clicked point (x, y) changes. That (x, y) I get in
>> webkit_web_view_button_press_event()
>> in variable *GdkEventButton* event*. Even if clicked location (x, y)
>> changes, the (rect_x, rect_y) point
>> of Rectangle (which is to be drawn over link) always remains same for same
>> link "News".
>>
>> So, how this is achieved in webkit? How webkit decides (rec_x, rect_y)
>> co-ordinate of Rectangle (to be drawn
>> around link) from clicked co-ordinated (x, y) in *GdkEventButton* event ?
>> *
>
> It is determined by hit test you can check this mail
> http://marc.info/?l=webkit-dev&m=122202397417406 for details
>
>> *
>>
>> *Actually, I want to increase active area of links, in such a way that
>> event if I clicked below the link,
>> (i.e. not exactly over the link) the nearer link should get selected and
>> gets loaded. Right now, I have
>> to click exactly over the link.
>>
> In this case there can be multiple choices since you are not looking for a
> precise match and i think you would have to traverse all the nodes and get
> that information based on their distance..something similar to tab
> navigation - https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18662 (pls correct me
> if there is a better way)
>
Could you please elaborate on this point ? I did not get you. How and which
nodes I should traverse ? and If I am not making any mistake, on single
click I will get only one link-node If its there, otherwise it will be
something other than links.

Thanks,
Vivek

>
>
>> *
>> *Thanks in advance,
>> Vivek
>>
>> Thanks
> Zaheer
>
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